Okay so I do not have this article online but in a PDF form. It is called The Rhetorical Situation by Lloyd F. Blitzer.
Quite honestly I find the most interesting part of this essay was the part on situational rhetoric. I haven't really thought about rhetoric as situational. When I think about it though it makes a lot of sense. I talk differently when I speak to my mother as to a friend of mine. I quite honestly do not mind laughing at dirty jokes with my friends, but with my mother it is super weird.
Really really weird.
I also would never even think about a swear word in front of my mother. It would be scary (Mainly because I am still afraid of getting my mouth washed out with soap). I also respect my Mom a ton. Not saying I don't respect my friends, but it is a different level of respect.
I also would be a lot more willing to be very immature in front of my friends than in front of my mother. I think that is because my friends are also immature, while my mother is on a whole new level of maturity.
The last thing is that this applies to the digital sphere as well. I censor myself a lot more on facebook than I do in front of my friends or my mother. Everyone can see what you post on facebook, so I don't want to be posting things that I know will make people upset. It does not mean I will not post my thoughts, but it will make me post them in a manner that does not offend people.
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